A Necromancer's Grimoire: Mysteries of the Oracle

Oracles are more than just spontaneous divine casters who use Charisma instead of Wisdom. The oracle class taps into a cultural phenomenon that has fascinated mankind for thousands of years. From the ancient Greek oracles of Delphi to gypsy fortune tellers to modern-day psychics, humanity has long been enraptured by the idea of a mystic who receives insights directly from “the powers that be.”

A Necromancer’s Grimoire: Mysteries of the Oracle endeavors to breathe new life into the oracle class, an often-overlooked class made available in the Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide. To do so, the book expands on the options an oracle’s player has, from new oracle curses (including a new approach at some older curses, in order to make them feel more curse-like), to five new oracle mysteries, and a number of new feats, several of which are designed to help make the new content in this book more easily available to existing characters.

From the mystery of dreams to the mystery of the serpent or that of the sun and moon, whether you want an oracle who’s cursed with a wasting sickness, or just wish that curses like blind and haunted really felt like a curse (and wanted a benefit to go along with that more real drawback), if you have any interest in oracles, this is the book for you.

This pdf is 24 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page advertisement, 1 page SRD and 1 page back cover, leaving 19 pages of content, so let's check this out! After a couple of pages in which an oracle is added to an adventure-party [...]

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